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Descartes Updates Home-Delivery App for Retailers

Descartes Systems Group has launched an updated home-delivery application for retailers.

HighJump Partners With AdvancePro, Unisun Software

The TrueCommerce EDI Solutions Group of HighJump Software Inc. is partnering with Unisun Software, a provider of produce-inventory management and accounting software for packers, growers and shippers.

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Amazon to Construct Massive Distribution Center in Baltimore

Amazon.com will open a one million-square-foot distribution center that will employ 1,000 people at the site of the former General Motors plant in Southeast Baltimore, the company said.

FDA Steps Up Regulations on Pet Food, Animal Feed Production

The Food and Drug Administration proposed rules on Friday that would govern the production of pet food and farm animal feed for the first time. The regulation would help prevent food-borne illness in both animals and people, officials at the agency said, as people can become sick from handling contaminated animal food and from touching pets that have eaten it.

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SKU Proliferation: Is There a Cure for the Disease?

Retail marketers love complexity. The more variations of a product they can sell, the happier they are. How else can they command all that shelf real estate in big-box stores? How else can they promote innovation? And how else can they drive their supply-chain managers crazy?

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Hershey Company Continues Its Zero-Waste-to-Landfill Initiative

The Hershey Company says two more of its plants have achieved zero-waste-to-landfill (ZWL) status. With the addition of the Y&S Plant in Lancaster, Pa., and the Robinson Plant in Robinson, Ill., The Hershey Company now has six U.S. plants that no longer dispose routine waste into landfills. Moreover, it has exceeded its goal to convert five plants to ZWL by 2015 well ahead of schedule.

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Global RFID Market Expected to Reach $7.88Bn in 2013

The RFID market will increase from $6.98bn in 2012 to $7.88bn, and will reach $23.4bn in 2020, according to a RFID sector survey by IDTechEx Research.

Same-day Delivery Grows - Just in Time for the Holidays

It seems that all major U.S. retailers - whether they are traditional, brick-and-mortar operations or Web-based - are stepping up their same-day delivery services and fulfillment systems before this holiday season. The move not only helps them extend the holiday shopping season by a few days, but also caters to busy holiday shoppers who don't have time to grab groceries for holiday parties or family meals.

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Target President Says 'Showrooming' Is a Fact of Retail Life, Find Way to Make It Work for You

As a Target "beauty concierge," young Chelsea Mathison prowls the cosmetic aisles at the retailer's Nicollet Mall store, sweetly asking shoppers if they need beauty tips and recommendations. The pixieish clerk seems an unlikely front-line warrior in the Minneapolis-based retailer's effort to embrace showrooming -- where consumers fiddle with products in stores, only to surf their smartphones to see if they can buy the items cheaper somewhere else.

Resurgence of Apparel Industry in U.S. Shows How Businesses Must Change Their Ways

Sometimes an industry simply can't move forward without changing and embracing more sustainable business models. Consider America's apparel industry.

Landstar Quenches Beverage Company Need

Challenge: Leading Beverage Company Need: A major North American beverage company having difficulty finding trucks in today's marketplace asked Landstar for support in sourcing and managing additional capacity beyond the normal reach of its carrier partners.

Symphony EYC Debuts Tool for Merchandise Management

Symphony EYC has developed Symphony EYC Merchandise Management and Store Operations, a new application to support omni-channel commerce.

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